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Fellipe Barbosa, Director and Co-Screenwriter, Casa Grande. Festival Section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. Filmmaker Fellipe Barbosa talks to FRED about his film CASA GRANDE, which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Jean (17) is growing up in the elite district of Rio, with its private schools, drivers and housekeepers. [...] The postFellipe Barbosa – Casa Grande #...

Tatjana Božic, Director, Happily Ever After. Festival Section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. Filmmaker Tatjana Božic talks to FRED about her very personal documentary feature HAPPILY EVER AFTER, which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Filmmaker Tatjana Božic grew up in Croatia before the Balkan War. She roamed in different relationships through [...] The postTatjan...

Luis Miñarro, Director, Co-Producer and Co-Screenwriter, Stella Cadente. Festival section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. The beautiful tableaux are filled with casual references to art and literature, from Baudelaire to Lucian Freud and Caravaggio. Reporter: Matt Micucci. The postLuis Miñarro – Stella Cadente #IRFFappeared first onFred Film Radio.

Ester Martin Bergsmark, Director, Co-Screenwriter and Editor, Something Must Break. Festival Section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. Filmmaker Ester Martin Bergsmark talks to FRED about his film SOMETHING MUST BREAK (Nånting måste gå sönder), which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. ‘It should smell of strong emotions’, Bergsmark has said [...] The postEster Martin B...

Matthijs Wouter Knol, Programme Manager, Berlinale Talents. FRED Film Radio catches up with a very busy Matthijs Wouter Knol, the programme manager of the recently renamed Berlinale Talents (from Berlinale Talent Campus) to discuss the importance of this programme running alongside one of the most prestigious film festivals of the year, the [...] The postMatthijs Wouter Knol – Berlinale Talents #B...

Natalia Meschaninova, Director and Co-Screenwriter, The Hope Factory. Festival Section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. Russian filmmaker Natalia Meschaninova talks about her feature THE HOPE FACTORY (Kombinat Nadezhda), which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Industrial city of Norilsk: factories, cold, chemical air. The only desire of young people living [...] The...

Khavn, Director, Screenwriter and Co-Producer, EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek. Festival Section: Spectrum. Filmmaker Khavn talks to FRED about his latest feature EDSA XXX: NOTHING EVER CHANGER IN THE EVER CHANGING REPUBLIC OF EK-EK-EK (EDSA XXX: Ganito kami noon, ganito pa rin kami [...] The postKhavn – EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever Changing R...

Anup Singh, Director and Screenwriter, Qissa. Festival Section: Bright Future. Filmmaker Anup Singh talks to FRED about new feature film QISSA, made twelve years after his stunning debut Name of a River. QISSA was also the opening film of the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. A deeply moving drama about a Sikh [...] The postAnup Singh – Qissa #IRFFappeared first onFred Film Radio.

Paulo Sacramento, Director, Riocorrente. Festival Section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. Filmmaker Paulo Sacramento talks about his new feature film RIOCORRENTE (Riverrun), which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. A film like a pressure cooker. The São Paulo metropolis seems like it’s about to explode in this energetic and urgent fiction debut. [...] The postPaulo S...

Gillian Robespierre, Director, Obvious Child. Festival Section: Bright Future. Filmmaker Gillian Robespierre talks about her feature film debut OBVIOUS CHILD, which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Stand-up comedian Donna is dumped by her cheating boyfriend, loses her job, gets blind drunk and becomes pregnant from a one-night stand. She [...] The postGillian Robesp...

Donna Verheijden, Director, All the World’s a Stage Ways of Seeing. Festival Section: Spectrum Shorts. Filmmaker Donna Verheijden talks about her short film ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE WAYS OF SEEING 2013, and about being at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam for the first time. This film visually explores [...] The postDonna Verheijden – All the World’s a Stage Ways of Seeing 2013 #IRFFap...

David Mackenzie, Director, Starred Up. Festival Section: Signals: How To Survive…. Director David Mackenzie talks about his latest feature film STARRED UP, which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Harsh prison drama about the difficult relationship between a father and son both locked up in the same [...] The postDavid Mackenzie – Starred Up #IRFFappeared first onFred...

Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf (Director), Alberto Balazs (Producer), El Valle Interior. Festival Section: Spectrum Shorts. Director Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf and producer/cinematographer Alberto Balazs talk about their stunning short EL VALLE INTERIOR (The Inner Valley) presented at the 43rd International Rotterdam Film Festival. Deep in the jungle lives a man. He has [...] The postAlejandro Telemaco...

Vlad Petri, Director, Where Are You Bucharest? (Bucuresti, unde esti?). Festival Section: My Own Private Europe. Documentarian Vlad Petri talks about his film WHERE ARE YOU BUCHAREST?, which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Vlad Petri followed the Romanian protesters who occupied the streets of Bucharest two [...] The postVlad Petri – Where Are You Bucharest? (Bucur...

Alessandro Gropplero, Head of When East Meets West. Right after the conclusion of this year’s edition of WHEN EAST MEETS WEST , the coproduction Market in Trieste, Chiara Nicoletti interviews again the Head of the Market Alessandro Gropplero for a final report on this 4th edition and  to know more about the [...] The postAlessandro Gropplero – Co-production Market #WEMWappeared first onFred Film R...

Beki Probst, Director, European Film Market. Beki Probst has been the Director of the European Film Market (EFM) at the Berlin International Festival since 1988. The EFM has grown to become a tour de force behind the film industry when it comes to film sales, distribution, networking and producers who are looking [...] The postBeki Probst – European Film Market #Berlinale2014appeared first onFred...

Dick Tuinder, Director and screenwriter, Farewell to the Moon (Afscheid van de maan). Festival Section: Hivos Tiger Awards Competition. Filmmaker Dick Tuinder talks to FRED about his latest feature FAREWELL TO THE MOON, which was presented at the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. It’s 1972. Women wear pant suits; men [...] The postDick Tuinder – Farewell to the Moon (Afscheid van de maan...

Reiner Selen, Jelle Nesna, Producers, RAFAEL produced by RINKEL FILM. Festival section: When East Meets West  – Selected Projects. Among the selected projects at this year’s When East meets West co-production market, we talked to producers Reiner Selen and Jelle Nesna that participated with the project RAFAEL. Selen and Nesna are from the [...] The postReiner Selen, Jelle Nesna – RAFAEL #WEMWappea...

Kristina Trapp, Representative, EAVE – European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs. At the When East meets West FRED meets Kristina Trapp, representative for EAVE, partner of WEMW since the first edition of the Coproduction market based in Trieste. is a professional training, project development and networking organisation for audiovisual producers. Founded in 1988, their [...] The postKristina Trapp – EAV...

Doreen Boonekamp, CEO, Netherlands Film Fund. Festival Section: When East Meets West  – Focus BENELUX. At the co-production market When east meets west in Trieste, after the panel “Co-production opportunities with Benelux”, Fred meets Doreen Boonekamp, CEO of the NETHERLANDS FILM FUND. Doreen Boonekamp tells FRED about her Trieste experience, her opinion on WEMW [...] The postDoreen Boonekamp – Ne...

Bojana Papp (Director), Judit Stalter (Producer), Partisan & Courtesan – How to be the niece of a Dictator. Festival Section: When East Meets West  – Selected Projects. In a form of a radio pitch interview Fred’s Chiara Nicoletti interviews Directo Bojana Papp and Producer Judit Stalter who are at When East meets [...] The postBojana Papp, Judit Stalter – Partisan & Courtesan – How to be the niece...

Julien Dorgere, musician and director of Super8 Shots Film Festival. Director of Super8 Shots film festival Julien Dorgere talks about this year’s edition of the festival, his own passion for Super8 and the importance of archive footage. Julien Dorgere is a French Super8 filmmaker and musician based in Ireland since [...] The postJulien Dorgere – Super8 Shots Film Festivalappeared first onFred Fil...